ERIC Number: ED575978
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Aug
Pages: 36
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-
EISSN: N/A
Principals Discuss Early Implementation of the ASSISTments Online Homework Tutor for Mathematics. ASSISTments Efficacy Study Report 2
Fairman, Janet; Porter, Michael; Fisher, Susannah
Grantee Submission
This report presents the findings from interviews with principals about their schools' participation in the ASSISTments efficacy study on seventh-grade mathematics. The purpose of the interviews was to explore the following areas: To what extent schools had policies or expectations regarding homework practice and completion; To what extent schools had concerns about homework completion rates; Whether the school had existing practices or norms for teachers to discuss student learning outcomes, and how often teachers met to focus on data; The extent to which principals met with teachers to discuss data; What other initiatives in the district or school could impact curriculum, instruction, assessment, or professional development and what the current priorities were in the school; Factors related to the community such as broad socio-economic status, or level of support for education, that might affect teaching and student achievement in the school.
Descriptors: Principals, Homework, Mathematics Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Program Implementation, Grade 7, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Randomized Controlled Trials, Mathematics Teachers, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Mathematics Achievement, Middle School Students, Interviews, Middle School Teachers, Response to Intervention, Educational Technology, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: SRI Education; University of Maine, Center for Research and Evaluation; Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Identifiers - Location: Maine
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: TerraNova Multiple Assessments
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A120125